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Aust Post launches inaugural sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... follows the establishment of Australia Post's Sustainable Finance Framework. Australia Post's Sustainability Bond is aligned to ICMA's Green Bond Principles, Social Bond Principles and Sustainability Bond Guidelines.

Investors welcome Commonwealth green bond program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... framework that is set up, you need to have certain principles- a second party opinion that comes into play, which is a in the ICMA green bond principles," Goodhand said. "Also then having assurance pre and post, and within that framework, you have things ...

ANZ leads issuance of US$50m gender-lens bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... the 'gold standard' in a market that is facing concerns over rising impact-washing." The transaction complies with ICMA Sustainability Bond Guidelines, ASEAN Capital Markets Forum's Social Bond Standards and UN SDG Impact Standards. It also ...

Singapore to issue inaugural sovereign green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... impact reporting. The Singapore Green Bond Framework is structured to align with the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Green Bond Principles 2021 and the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum ASEAN Green Bond Standards 2018. MAS has appointed DBS ...

TCorp recaps performance of $5.2 billion sustainability bond programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... assessment of issuers, but that is not to the exclusion of the use of proceeds programme." The programme is aligned with the ICMA green and social bond principles, the Climate Bond Initiative and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. "We talk about the ...

ASX company issues billion dollar sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... confidence in arranging the transaction, Huang said. The issuance is linked to the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) sustainability linked bond principles. "The ICMA sustainability linked bond principles are really market standard, so we ...

Assessing ambition of green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... bonds have evolved over the past decade from industry-led guidelines such as the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Green Bond Principles and the Climate Bonds Initiative, towards regulation and legal definitions such as the European Union ...

Real estate investment group issues $300 million green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... with strong sustainability credentials." The bond has been issued under a Sustainable Finance Framework aligned with the ICMA Green Bond Principles 2018, the Social Bond Principles 2020 and the Sustainability Bond Guidelines 2018. The success of the ...

Green bond boom, but investors look to value proposition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... JP Morgan noted. "We do think there needs to be an element of verification, whether that's a green bond standard, the ICMA principles, or whether it comes down to individual bonds getting a second opinion, that to us is key, because effectively it ...

Global impact bond issuance spike in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... evaluating its analytical views on transition bonds. Insight is a member of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), which has developed principles for categories of impact bonds including the Green Bond Principles and the Social Bond Principles. ...